Shoe-shining stand.



G. W. MORRIS.

SHOE SHINING STAND.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 24,1913.

1,127,071, v Patented Feb. 2, 1915.

,, HMQQQQM IIWENTUR TH! NORRIS PETERS CO.. FHOTO'LITHQ, \VABNH'VGIUN. D, C.

' To aZZ whom it may concern:

CHARLES 'WESTLEY 'MORRIS, O15 NEWARK, NEW JERSEY,

SHOE-SHINING s'rAnn.

Application filed July 24, 1913. Serial No. 780,861.

Be it known that I, CHARLES ,WESTLEY MORRIS, a citizen of the'United States, and

resident of the city of Newark, county of Essex, and State of New Jersey, have 1nvented certain new and useful Improve;

ments in Shoe-Shining Stands, of which the following is a specification.

The objects of this invention are to pro I and lack of stability,.they havenot been fully appreciated. In my invention, I have combined. the container and thepolisher, so

a more firm base upon which torest.

my invention, I utilize a well-known pollsh-v that where one is to be found, there they other will also be, and indoing so, I have not only increased the efiiciency of the polisher, and its-usefulness, but I have also improved the box or container by providing it with a means that will more surely guard it against accidental overturning, as well as, In

ing means that of a strip of cloth and for the purpose of holding the cloth in an operable position, I provide a means adjustable upon the container, a means that will adjust itself, so that the clothwill bear at the proper angle upon the shoes of varying sizes. Further advantages and the details of the construction of my device, will be fully set forth as the specification progresses.

The following is what I'consider the best means of carrying out thisiinvention and the accompanying drawings form a part of this specification, in which- I Figure 1, is a top plan View of the container with my device collapsed. Fig. 2, is a similar view of the container, but with the arms of the device withdrawn and with a polishing cloth in operable position. Fig. 3, is a bottom plan view of the container showing the arms withdrawn as they will be in-operation. Fig. 4, shows a side elevation of the device. Fig. 5, shows a modification in whiehthe cloth holding means alone is used. Fig. 6, shows the device secured to a disk.

Certain advantages of the construction as described in the specification will be found in the modified constructions.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 2,

Similar reference numerals indicate like parts mall the figures where they appear.

At 1, I have shown a container for shoe polish or blackening. This container is of ordinary size and construction, being formed with a boxportion and a friction ally engaged cover portion adapted to cooperate and serve in the well-known manner, Tothe bottom of the container, I se-' cure a cleat as shown at 2, the outer ends 3 and 4, of which are raised. Under this cleat I passthe inner end of an adjustable cloth holding member, and I so proportion the parts that the cloth holding member may be adjustable through the cleat or through the raised portions 3 and 4, thereof. These cloth holding parts which I may sometimes refer to as arms, are similarin construction, each being formed with a plurality of parallel extension 5 and 6 terminating in short rightrangle bends 7 and 8 which are adapted to impinge upon the cleat and to limit the outward motion of the parallel members 5 and 6. The outer ends of the members 5 and 6, I turn outward at right angles to a desired extent, asshown at 9 and 10, and then turn them upward to a certain small ex-.

tent as shown at 11. 'I then connect these upward extensions by 'means of a short are 12, taking care that each of the arcs 12 will of the container against which they will under certain conditionsimpinge.

The polishing cloth or member which is adapted to be used with my device, is shown at 13, and consists of'a strip of soft cloth container and the cloth. The ends of the.

cloth may then be grasped and with 'a few rapid motions of the hands upward and ea be of. the same radius asthe adjacent side downward alternately, the cloth is caused to I pass from side to side over the shoe and the desirable high polish is obtained. It will be understood that the cloth may be caused to press upon the shoe with any desirable degree of firmness, and from the construction, it will be seen, that should the I desire particularlyjtof afteiifibn 0 another. valuable UfUII-QtiOIl of mydeviee,

theI. tha "Ii its purely mechanical'ioperations.

The necessity ofreplaeinglthetcovel upon 3 thevboxbefore i'ts' use as a polisher/insi lres' f01fmd 0f roundfwire, stops upon the inner my"device prompts the opeta'tbpfto reipa ln {the "covfr, therefore enh'aneing i "the fiyal ue-f thefgidvertisingfmatter. Iii addijtipn '00 this, the su rfzxe 0f thecloth may be utilized as a medium'- u-p01i which fieffimpriflt, .addi 6na1--adVeftisingmatter ofthe in jstr v 011 as to how t0 .,-best":use 'th device. 5 I *Atig. 5;;I havesheWn:anen zydjlistsyble j 1. 01015111 l'clihgflevieesimilar incdnstrlictiqh v m "the'd-ev'ice "set forth] i'ngthe' ejarlief'figlirefs', but without the eontainef' V have own an-iidjustable; c'ljoth mgingzgleaf v Vicep'sej'cnrerl tea plateor disk, jwhieh'm'ziy contain -pnintedfmatter of, any "desirable de. 1 m-m en" v 1 m l aftaelr'i' 'pbrt-mcehoWeVer-:tbfthe -16 fieasenms lere'imset ferthi vand tb I the 'u'pwar d pr'o'j e'cti -'-':shoe. I s e Having carefully described my invention, w-hatl claim: and desire tese'cure by Letters" Patent, is: I k

7:411. 'shoe shining-stand having a disk and ti: proper -'cenditiqn, and es-"the cover 1002; Usually contains advertisingmab and at'Figsiefi bets giViIig'f-th ese members alv'free em to slide e ti when a foot i s' in plaice? thus cans? I impinge jo'n" all-sides pff the; shoe; I aJfiiaCH-jimpor tzmce"-13dthe upward, extensions 0ipioj ec't'ions of fthelarmsas theyf "eause the c'loth to b'e' retained "above fighejsur face of the rest or sup'pbrt u on-which f deYi'ce maybe placed and to the round shape the fcloth to follow the shape of the secured thereto apli rality of 'slidableelfms "e'n'djs ofeaeh'saidarm' and acleat secured to said disk and adap ted te 'retaim guide limit/the outward movement} of said arms-fer 'thelpurp'oseset'forth; shoe. shining stand having a disk and; fin cbmbiil'ation therewithi plurality Of slidable erms each. formedldf pa gpllel' and 3 pulpwuraly' extending Wife member's, 'the .p f-flie, i l est and itheis h qof th ms Etc- "c'olncide; therewit h as'jthey combine to produee a jdevice eompactand .efiicient besides uter e dsi w i e j i to Prod ce; I

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